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Air quality improvement assessment and exposure risk of Shandong Province in China during 2014 to 2020
As one of the most polluted provinces in China, air pollution events occur frequently in Shandong. Based on the hourly (or daily) concentrations of six air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2 and CO), the situa...
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Impacts of nitrogen on physiological interactions of the hemiparasitic Santalum album and its N2-fixing host Dalbergia odorifera
External N inputs can significantly affect the physiological traits and resource budget to both hemiparasite S. album and its N2-fixing host rosewood.
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The Application of CALPHAD Calculations to Uranium-Based Metallic Nuclear Fuels
The thermodynamic calculation and optimization on the binary and ternary systems consisting of Mo, Pu, Th, Ti, U, V and Zr used in metallic nuclear fuel are systematically reviewed. By combining the optimized ...
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Regulation of a TGF-β1-CD147 self-sustaining network in the differentiation plasticity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Cellular plasticity has an important role in the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, the involvement of a TGF-β1-CD147 self-sustaining network in the regulation of the dedifferentiati...
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Open AccessErratum: Modification of N staging systems for penile cancer: a more precise prediction of prognosis
Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2015) 112, 1766–1771. doi:10.1038/bjc.2015.141; published online 5 May 2015 Following the publication of this manuscript, the authors have noticed an error in Table 1....
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Open AccessModification of N staging systems for penile cancer: a more precise prediction of prognosis
The tumour-node-metastasis (TNM) classification is the most widely used tool for penile cancer. However, the current system is based on few studies and has been unchanged since 2009. We determined whether a mo...
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Effect of Partial Premixing on Stabilization and Local Extinction of Turbulent Methane/Air Flames
The stabilization characteristics and local extinction structures of partially premixed methane/air flames were studied using simultaneous OH-PLIF/PIV techniques, and large eddy simulations employing a two-sca...
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Laser-induced plasma in methane and dimethyl ether for flame ignition and combustion diagnostics
In this paper we report the investigation of the laser-induced breakdown and ignition behaviour of methane/air and dimethyl ether (DME)/air mixtures. Moreover, the optical emission from the induced plasma is u...
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Quantitative C2H2 measurements in sooty flames using mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy
Quantitative measurements of acetylene (C2H2) molecules as a combustion intermediate species in a series of rich premixed C2H4/air flames were non-intrusively performed, spatially resolved, using mid-infrared pol...
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Detection of C2H2 and HCl using mid-infrared degenerate four-wave mixing with stable beam alignment: towards practical in situ sensing of trace molecular species
A stable and convenient optical system to realize the forward phase-matching geometry for degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) is demonstrated in the mid-infrared spectral region by measuring DFWM signals genera...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Cold Mode Experiment of Dual Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactors for Multiple CCR Cycles
The dual fluidized bed reactors are the key technology to fulfill the multiple CCR (calcination/carbonation reactions) cycles for CO2 capture from the flue gases. Firstly, the dual bubbling fluidized bed reactors...
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Open AccessThermodynamic Database and the Phase Diagrams of the (U, Th, Pu)-X Binary Systems
A thermodynamic database for nuclear materials, including U-Th, U-Pu, Th-Pu, and (U, Th, Pu)-X (X = Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ga, Mg, Mn, Mo, Nb, Ni, Si, Ta, W, Zr) binary system has been developed by the Calculatio...
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Direct measurement of electrical conductance through a self-assembled molecular layer
The self-assembly of organic molecules on surfaces is a promising approach for the development of nanoelectronic devices1,2. Although a variety of strategies have been used to establish stable links between molec...
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Four-wave mixing with non-resonant pump and resonant probe for OH detection in flames
A new type of two-color four-wave mixing spectroscopy is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated. By employing a non-resonant pum** and resonant probing scheme, OH radicals are detected in a laminar, a...
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Theoretical studies on the reaction of pentafulvenone with water in gas phase and aqueous solvent
In gas phase, the hydrations of pentafulvenone to generate three types of cyclopentadienyl carboxylic acids are studied theoretically at the MP2/6-311+G**//B3LYP/6-311+G** level. A water molecule attacking the...
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Individual and combined effects of physicochemical parameters on ellagitannin acyl hydrolase and ellagic acid production from ellagitannin by Aspergillus oryzae
The individual and interactive effects of physicochemical parameters on ellagitannin acyl hydrolase activity and ellagic acid production by Aspergillus oryzae using ellagitannins from aco...
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High resolution polarization spectroscopy and laser induced fluorescence of CO2 around 2μm
High resolution Infrared Polarisation Spectroscopy (IRPS) and Infrared Laser Induced Fluorescence (IRLIF) techniques were used to probe CO2/N2 binary gas mixture at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature....
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Determination of surface normal temperature gradients using thermographic phosphors and filtered Rayleigh scattering
Wall temperature as well as the temperature distribution within or close-by the boundary layer of an electrically heated axisymmetric jet im**ing on a flat plate were monitored to deduce wall-normal temperat...
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Detection of methane with mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy
We report on the application of polarization spectroscopy in the mid-infrared spectral region for the detection of methane by probing its asymmetric ro-vibrational transitions. Tunable infrared laser radiation...
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Soot visualisation by use of laser-induced soot vapourisation in combination with polarisation spectroscopy
A novel approach to the visualisation of soot is presented. It relies on a combination of laser-induced soot vapourisation and consecutive polarisation spectroscopy. Upon soot vapourisation, molecular fragment...